The Ohio Hiring Management System (Careers.Ohio.gov) is a service provided by the State of Ohio. The State recognizes the importance of privacy to our Web site visitors. Therefore, visitors should be aware of the following information. This statement discloses to our Web site visitors what personal information is being collected on this Web site and how that personal information may be used.
The search and application functions of the Ohio Hiring Management System (Careers.Ohio.gov) are powered by NeoGov and GovernmentJobs.com. When you use those parts of the Ohio Hiring Management System, you are no longer on the State of Ohio's webpages or covered by the Ohio Hiring Management System of Ohio privacy statement. GovernmentJobs.com ensures that the information you submit remains private and is used only for the purposes described in its privacy policy. If you have questions or concerns about GovernmentJobs.com's privacy commitment, please E-mail privacy@GovernmentJobs.com.
Public Records
Visitors should be aware that, except in a few circumstances, most documents and records maintained by state of Ohio agencies and organizations and their partners, including electronic information, are public records under Ohio law. Therefore, information collected or submitted through your visit to this Web site may be subject to a public records request.
Information Collected
Personal information such as your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address, and job history may be requested of you from our Web site. This collection may occur through surveys, e-mails, personalization features and other personal information submissions such as online applications, registration forms, authentication procedures and the use of electronic payment functions.
Use of Information
Your personal information is only being gathered for State of Ohio application and recruitment purposes. Online applications are stored by state agencies and by a secure site hosted by GovernmentJobs.com. Only authorized State of Ohio and Governmentjobs.com employees, and State of Ohio hiring authorities have access to the information submitted. Your submitted information may be shared across state agencies. If you have questions or concerns about GovernmentJobs.com's privacy commitment, please E-mail privacy@GovernmentJobs.com.
Methods of Information Collection
In addition to the information you directly provide to the Ohio Hiring Management System (Careers.Ohio.gov), in order to generate statistics that aid us in improvements to our Web site, we collect certain usage and related information on every Web site visitor. Each time a visitor requests a page within this site, our server creates a log file capturing user information. Log files are typically public records.
We collect the following information in our Web site log:
- The Internet browser or computer operating system you are using
- The date and time you accessed this site
- The Internet protocol address of the individual computer (or proxy server) making the request
- The Internet address of the site from which you may have linked to this site
Collected usage information does not include your name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address. Information collected by way of server log files is used in aggregate form only, and collected for the purpose of analyzing trends and statistics. However, please understand that Internet Protocol address information may be used to determine the identity of the person or persons accessing our Web site when there is reason to believe that the security of the site has been compromised.
The search and application functions of the Ohio Hiring Management System (Careers.Ohio.gov) are powered by NeoGov and GovernmentJobs.com. When you use those parts of the Ohio Hiring Management System, you are no longer on the State of Ohio's webpages or covered by the Ohio Hiring Management System of Ohio privacy statement. GovernmentJobs.com ensures that the information you submit remains private and is used only for the purposes described in its privacy commitment. If you have questions or concerns about GovernmentJobs.com's privacy commitment, please E-mail privacy@GovernmentJobs.com.
Security Measures
The Ohio Hiring Management System follows Ohio state laws, rules, and policies that require the establishment of reasonable precautions to prevent personal information from unauthorized modification, destruction, use, or disclosure. We take seriously the integrity of the information and systems that we maintain. Therefore, we have instituted security measures for all information systems under our control. These security measures are designed to identify attempts to tamper with this web site. Information collected through these security measures may be used in connection with a criminal prosecution or other legal proceedings.
In addition, GovernmentJobs.com’s privacy commitment ensures that your information will be safeguarded.
Access and Dispute of Information Rights:
Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code, sections 149.43, 1347.08 and 1347.09, users have rights to their information given to this site, in respect to inspecting, correcting and disputing. This is applicable to any information collected, used or maintained on the Ohio Hiring Management System (Careers.Ohio.gov) website.
Contact
Any further questions concerning the privacy policy for the Ohio Hiring Management System (Careers.Ohio.gov) should be forwarded to careers@ohio.gov.
Updates to the Privacy Statement
This privacy statement was last updated June 25, 2008.